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The group that pushed the Green New Deal sets its sights on 2020 and beyond
Grist sat down with Executive Director Varshini Prakash to discuss the Green New Deal and the Democratic candidates.
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Florida’s summer of slime turned its politics upside down
Florida’s summer of slime turned its politics upside down.
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Mess with a Texas pipeline now and you could end up a felon
Texas now has one of the harshest laws in the country to protect its oil and gas operations.
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On the road to the Green New Deal, New York’s latest climate legislation may be the first stop
The Climate and Community Protection Act is poised to be one of the nation's most ambitious attempts to tackle both climate change and environmental injustice.
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The problem with Biden’s plan to push China on climate
The U.S. has to re-establish its own credibility on climate change before it can tell others what to do.
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Introducing the first 2020 climate plan that doesn’t sing the Green New Deal’s praises
On Thursday, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper unveiled a climate plan that diverges from other candidates' plans in one major way.
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U.S. military emits more CO2 than most countries
The climate crisis is an existential threat, and the Pentagon's making it worse.
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This influential group behind the Halliburton loophole doesn’t lobby. So why did it hire a lobbyist?
The little-known organization can claim some credit for a handful of Big Oil’s biggest regulatory wins.
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Time is running out to pass New York’s Climate and Community Protection Act this session
Protesters swarmed New York's Capitol to pressure Governor Cuomo to pass this ambitious piece of climate reform now.
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Former EPA chiefs blast the Trump administration over rollbacks, budget cuts, bad science
Ex-EPA leaders, Republican and Democrat, urged the EPA to take action on climate change.
